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An MIT-designed building with walls made entirely of water was unveiled last Thursday at the opening of the Zaragoza World Expo in Spain. The Digital Water Pavilion, selected as Time magazine's 'Best invention of the Year' in the field of architecture when its plans were unveiled in 2007, is the first of its kind and illustrates the potential of digital architecture to create spaces that ...

Operators of coal-fired power plants are committing billions of dollars in expenditures to reduce the quantities of CO2 per kilowatt of power produced. These expenditures are accelerating at double-digit rates. Forecasts of the revenues for CO2 capture, efficiency improvements and research are provided in the new Utility CO2 Mitigation Markets published online by the McIlvaine Company. The ...

Attaching to the back of a DigiSewer III side-scan camera, the new DSL7 accessory casts a ring of laser dots onto the inner wall of a pipe. These dots are captured by the camera during reverse crawl (once side-scanning is complete) and instantaneously processed by WinCan software to trend ovality along the full length of the pipe. Ovality data is essential to determining proper pipe installation ...

Geomorph Instruments announces the availability of the new Dual Frequency by GSSI for the markets of Greece, Cyprus and the Balkans. The DF is a premium GPR unit for utility locating. It incorporates our innovative digital dual-frequency antenna (300 and 800 MHz) and an easy-to-use touchscreen interface to view shallow and deep targets simultaneously in a single scan. With an operation life of up ...

April 2010 will see the launch of Gill Instruments’ next generation Combined Weather Station, the MetPak II. Based on the popular MetPak, it has new, improved features including RS232, 422, 485 digital outputs plus additional weather monitoring features such as Barometric pressure and Dew point measurement. The MetPak II is a compact and lightweight multi-sensor instrument that measures a ...

Huntsville, AL ADS LLC today introduces a full line of cost-efficient, advanced water loss control products for leak detection and flow measurement. These technologically innovative instruments form an integrated approach to system monitoring and leakage control for water distribution networks. ADS can now offer leak detection services and products with single point accountability for project ...

Bentley Systems has integrated its civil engineering design and stormwater modeling and analysis applications to further enhance workflows and facilitate collaboration. The applications include InRoads, GEOPAK, PowerCivil for North America, MXROAD, CivilStorm, StormCAD, and PondPack products. With this integration, civil designers can ensure the accurate location of stormwater infrastructure ...

Asian purchases will account for 63 percent of the purchases of ultrapure water products in 2012. This is the latest forecast in Ultrapure Water World Markets published by the McIlvaine Company. (www.mcilvainecompany.com) Ultrapure water is defined by end use. It is often clarified even to remove negatively charged ions. While it is ideal for rinsing chips or ...

The City of Calgary experienced significant flooding and overland flow during a severe thunderstorm on June 6, 2007. Significant damage occurred to 14th Street NW along a steep hill; sealed manholes failed causing extensive road damage and overland flows. The City of Calgary recognized the importance of the overland system as part of the drainage evaluation of this area as well as for future ...

MWH Soft, a leading global innovator of wet infrastructure modeling and simulation software and technologies, today announced that the City of Lynchburg, Virginia, has chosen industry-leading InfoSWMM software as its advanced sanitary sewer and stormwater modeling and design solution. The decision helps leverage the city’s investment in ArcGIS technology from ESRI (Redlands, CA) by giving it the ...

Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for the infrastructure that sustains our world, today announced the integration of its civil engineering design and stormwater modeling and analysis applications to further enhance workflows and facilitate collaboration. The applications include Bentley’s InRoads, GEOPAK, PowerCivil ...

In addition to the financial implications of the loss of product, leakage from storage tanks can cause serious environmental damage and represent a grave threat to health and safety. In some circumstances, particularly when the stored materials are combustible or explosive, leakage can result in a major incident involving the loss of life and substantial damage to assets and to an ...

New FCI ST50 Air/Gas Flowmeter Goes Wireless With IR Link For PDA Communication Ideal For Municipal & Industrial Wastewater Aeration Control Systems Wastewater engineers looking for a more convenient, time-saving and lower cost way to communicate with flowmeters will find the new ST50 Flowmeter from Fluid Components International (FCI) not only provides best-in-class measurement and value ...

Reliability, feedback included The Statox 505 is a 4 – 20 mA transmitter for toxic gases and oxygen. It complements the Compur portfolio of fixed gas detectors. With this new development Compur responds to an increasing demand for SIL standard gas detectors, mainly from the chemical and petrochemical industry. Typical for Compur Monitors, they did not base their statistics ...

The mature and zero-carbon technology of geothermal power is being held back by the cost and uncertainty of drilling wells, but new research suggests a possible answer The Catch-22 problem that is holding back world investment in geothermal power could be addressed via the establishment of a “global geothermal exploration drilling fund”, with either private investors ...

Quirky, the company that makes invention accessible, and GE (NYSE: GE) today unveiled their joint connected-home strategy focused on affordability, simplicity, and accessibility. The two companies debuted seven connected products — ranging from light switches to security sensors — that are available today on the new Wink.com. An ...

Imagine a home that takes care of you, giving you the time, energy and money to take care of life. That home is no longer a pipe dream. It’s a reality that has come to life, featuring everything from smartphone-controlled security and climate control to smog-eating roof tiles. Opening on Earth Day, April 22, visitors can see and experience this home ...

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